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1. IN A REGENERATOR COMPOUND COKE OVEN BATTERY HAVING A CENTER WALL AND A PLURALITY OF OVEN HEADS IN OPPOSED RELATION TO SAID WALL, HORIZONTAL UPPER FLUE CHANNEL MEANS LOCATED AT A PREDETERMINED LEVEL ABOVE SAID CENTER WALL, HORIZONTAL SOLE FLUE CHANNEL MEANS EXTENDING TOWARD SAID CENTER WALL AND ADAPTED TO ADMIT AND DIRECT A GASEOUS MEDIUM UNDER PRESSURE TOWARD SAID CENTER WALL FROM THE SIDE AT WHICH THE RESPECTIVE OVEN HEADS ARE DISPOSED, UPRIGHT WALLS DEFINING COKE CHAMBER MEANS, HEATING FLUES DEFINED BY SPACED APART BINDER MEANS HAVING DUCTS FOR GUIDING INTO RESPECTIVE MATING FLUES SAID MEDIUM WHICH IS ADAPTED TO BE BURNT THEREIN AND TO TRANSFER HEAT TO SAID UPRIGHT WALLS OF SAID CLKE CHAMBER MEANS FOR COKING THE CONTENTS OF THE LATTER, SAID BINDER MEANS FOR COKING RIGHT WALLS EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID UPPER FLUE CHANNEL MEANS AND A LEVEL DETERMINED BY THE UPPER END OF SAID CENTER WALL AND BEING ARRANGED AT EITHER SIDE OF SAID CENTER WALL FOR USE IN REVERSIBLE OVEN OPERATIONS, THE UPPER ENDS OF SAID BINDER MEANS DEFINING THEREBETWEEN OPENINGS ADAPTED TO COMMUNICATE WITH SAID UPPER FLUE CHANNEL MEANS, AND WITH CHECKERWORK EQUIPPED REGENERATOR MEANS LOCATED BELOW SAID HEATING FLUES AND COKE CHAMBER MEANS AND ABOVE SAID SOLE FLUE CHANNEL MEANS WITH WHICH SAID REGENERATOR MEANS ARE IN COMMUNICATION BY WAY OF MEANS FOR REGULATING THE FLOW OF GASEOUS MEDIUM INTO AND OUT OF SAID REGENERATOR MEANS, RESPECTIVELY, DURING SAID REVERSIBLE OPERATIONS; THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING: (A) EACH OF SAID REGENERATOR MEANS BEING PROVIDED WITH A VERTICAL PARTITION WALL DIVIDING EACH REGENERATOR MEANS INTO ADJACENT REGENERATOR SECTIONS, RESPECTIVE REGENERATOR SECTIONS BEING PROVIDED WITH MEANS ESTABLISHING CONNECTION TO ASSOCIATED HEATING FLUES, (B) SAID CHECKERWORK OF EACH REGENERATOR SECTION BEING PROVIDED WITH SPACED ELEMENTS SUPPORTING THEREBETWEEN RESPECTIVE UPWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY DIRECTED LUG-SHAPED PROJECTIONS, SO THAT UPWARD FLOW OF GASEOUS MEDIUM IS FACILICATED BY DOWNWARDLY DIRECTED PROJECTIONS, WHEREAS DOWNWARD FLOW OF GASEOUS MEDIUM IS FACILITATED BY UPWARDLY DIRECTED PROJECTIONS, (C) SAID REGULATING MEANS BEING PROVIDED WITH FIXEDLY DISPOSED DISTRIBUTING GATE MEANS AND SLIDE BLOCKS SUPPORTED THEREON AND EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID GRATE MEANS AND THE CHECKERWORK OF EACH REGENERATOR SECTION, AND (D) LOCKING MEANS PROVIDED ON PREDETERMINED SLIDE BLOCKS LOCATED ADJACENT SAID PARTITION WALLS OF SAID REGENERATOR SECTIONS FOR PREVENTING CROSSWISE FLOW OF SAID MEDIUM IN AND FOR LATERALLY SEALING SAID REGENERATOR SECTIONS, (E) ADJACENT GRATE MEANS WITH SAID SLIDE BLOCKS IN CONTACT THEREON DIFINING THEREBETWEEN CORRESPONDING GRATE SLOTS AND SLIDE BLOCK SLOTS, SAID SLIDE BLOCK SLOTS BEING DIMENSIONED AND SHAPED, SO THAT PASSAGE THERETHROUGH OF SAID MEDIUM INTO CORRESPONDING REGENERATOR SECTIONS IS GRADUALLY INCREASED TOWARD THE REGION NEAR THE CENTER WALL, SAID GRATE SLOTS AS VIEWED IN THE DIRECTION FROM SAID OVEN HEADS TOWARD THE REGION NEAR THE CENTER WALL AND CLOSE TO SAID SOLE FLUE CHANNEL MEANS PRESENTING GRADUALLY NARROWER OPENINGS, SO THAT SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL AND UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION OF SAID MEDIUM BETWEEN SAID SOLE FLUE CHANNEL MEANS, SAID REGENERATOR MEANS AND SAID HEATING FLUES IS AFFORDED AND SUBSTANTIALLY EVEN HEAT TREATMENT OF THE WALLS OF THE COKE CHAMBER MEANS IS EFFECTUATED. 